Let Me Stay The Night

The check of two hundred thousand on the desk seemed to be beckoning at her. Powerless to resist, Macy nodded.

“Yes. The Gibson family and the Hadley family were partners on a large project. To attain the approval of the board and become the CEO, Nigel worked hard on the project. He was the one who recommended the supplier to Timothy.”

“What is the supplier’s name?”

“That’s the third question, Christina. Up the price.”

Macy was no fool. She guessed that Christina was investigating the accident, which Nigel was inextricably linked to.

Despite a couple’s marital vows, each will save themselves when disaster strikes. Besides, Nigel was the one to throw me under the bus first. I’m only repaying the favor.

Sebastian produced a check written out for three hundred thousand and placed it on top of the earlier one. Macy reached out to grab them but could not yank them free.

“You haven’t answered Mrs. Hadley yet, Mrs. Gibson,” Sebastian reminded her.

Macy withdrew her hand sheepishly. “Nigel never shared his business dealings with me, so I can’t give you a name. What I do know is that they have formed a company together over the years, with Nigel taking the lion’s share of the profits. He’s even the largest shareholder, wielding absolute power.”

Christina could tell that Macy’s narrative largely corroborated with what Nathaniel told her.

The possibility of Nigel being the mastermind was more or less established, but without evidence, everything they knew could just as easily change.

Christina signaled Sebastian to hand over the money.

Macy could hardly conceal her greed at the sight of the checks in her hands totaling close to a million. She motioned at Christina impatiently.

“Keep going. What else do you want to know? I’ll tell you everything as long as the price is right.”

Christina realized that Nigel’s marriage was not as perfect as they made it seem to the world. She would not uncover anything important if she persisted with the line of questioning through Nigel.

have anything to do with Miranda’s and Madison’s deaths?”

trodden on, Macy leaped to her feet and clawed madly at Christina’s chest. “Watch your mouth, Christina!” she yelled in a rage. “I know my daughter. She

how Miranda

it, clutching the checks in her hand as she did so. “Though I am in urgent need of money, I will

Our deal

leave, but Christina’s voice, dripping

for her, she does not care whether you live or die. All you have to do

to?”

like lead. She

lifeline that can drag me out of this mess. She is right. The two people I care most about in

turned away from the snare and left without so much as a backward

check. “Are you sure we’re

thing as a last hand for a gambler. She’ll be

behind her words. “I know what to do, Mrs. Hadley.”

then spoke with Nathaniel on the phone for over an

taken earlier that day. More importantly, her debt. swelled from five million to over ten

she could do so, he captured her and came dangerously close to skinning

lapse of vigilance and allowed

according to

better, either. After facing numerous rejections and

and all but forced them back to the

not privy to Gibson Corporation’s operations and, at most, only provided Nigel with ideas. Without evidence, the police released him after

of skeletons in his closet; any single crime of the myriad he was charged with was

wanted to eliminate the obstacle and align himself with the Stone family, but Nigel was indispensable. Thus, when the following day broke, Yerek went to Gibson Corporation with a stack of documents to

waiting for almost three hours at the entrance to